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1 online resource (xiv, 271 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-262) and index. |
| Contents |
Private violence in the public eye: the early writings of Charles Dickens -- Domestic violence and middle-class manliness: Dombey and Son -- From regency violence to Victorian feminism: The tenant of Wildfell Hall -- The abused woman and the community: "Janet's repentance" -- Strange revelations: the divorce court, the newspaper, and The woman in white -- The private eye and the public gaze: He knew he was right -- Marital violence and the new woman: The wing of Azrael -- "Are women protected?" Sherlock Holmes and the violent home. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Summary |
The Offenses Against the Person Act of 1828 opened magistrates'' courts to abused working-class wives. Newspapers in turn reported on these proceedings, and in this way the Victorian scrutiny of domestic conduct began. But how did popular fiction treat "private" family violence? Bleak Houses: Marital Violence in Victorian Fiction traces novelists'' engagement with the wife-assault debates in the public press between 1828 and the turn of the century. Lisa Surridge examines the early works of Charles Dickens and reads Dombey and Son and Anne Brontë''s The Tenant of Wildfell Hall in the context. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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English fiction. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Marriage in literature.
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Marriage in literature. |
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Domestic fiction, English -- History and criticism.
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Domestic fiction, English. |
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Family violence in literature.
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Family violence in literature. |
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Abused women in literature.
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Abused women in literature. |
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Child abuse in literature.
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Child abuse in literature. |
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Violence in literature.
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Violence in literature. |
| Chronological Term |
1800 - 1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Surridge, Lisa A. (Lisa Anne), 1963- Bleak houses. Athens : Ohio University Press, ©2005 (DLC) 2005010296 |
| ISBN |
9780821441992 (electronic book) |
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082144199X (electronic book) |
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082144199X |
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0821416421 (cloth ; acid-free paper) |
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082141643X (paperback ; acid-free paper) |
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9780821416426 (hardback ; acid-free paper) |
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9780821416433 (paperback ; acid-free paper) |
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